A History Of The 'Big' Business Of Hip-Hop

Hip-hop music grow from the streets of Harlem and the Bronx into a multi-billion-dollar industry. Dan Charnas chronicles how hip-hop producers and entrepreneurs changed the music industry and pop culture in The Big Payback.» E-Mail This» Add to Del.icio.us

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Presently, rap music and hip-hop culture is a multi-billion dollar industry that has created significant opportunities for musicians, producers, and, most importantly, entrepreneurs. Based on extensive analyses, it is clear that the world of hip-hop is very likely to be a tremendous engine of personal wealth creation for an increasing [...]

http://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/t_article_image/netflix-the-get-down_bke5db.jpgFor me the world is divided between before I discovered hip-hop and after it.
One day my mom gave me a vinyl record that said Sugar Hill on it. The next thing I knew, the whole world lit up with new vibrant colors and the music and style were everywhere.

NEW YORK (AP) — A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under protest from an outraged neighborhood. Real Bronx Tours, which took mostly European tourists from Manhattan to see life in the South Bronx "from a safe distance," issued a statement this week saying it would immediately cease all tours there.

In mid-July, Marvel announced that its forthcoming "All-New, All-Different" line of comic books would be accompanied by a full range of over 50 alternate covers paying homage to iconic hip-hop album art.

GoogleForty-four years ago today DJ Kool Herc threw a party in the Bronx and decided he wanted to change up the sound.
He played only the instrumental sections or "breaks" from full songs and had his friend Coke La Rock hype the crowd through the mic. The partygoers went nuts and modern day hip-hop was born.

Ozy.com co-founder Carlos Watson talks about a rising star who has made writing about hip-hop serious business, and the advertising tactics that life insurance companies are using to attract young people.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us

In two unlikely instances of mash-up marketing, a new hip-hop video features wholesome youths rapping about organic dairy farming. And a new cookbook is aimed at fans of heavy metal: Mosh Potatoes.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us